Giving up the dye/bleach and growing out natural? Share your progress.

**aeryss** · May 9th, 2023, 01:35 PM

Originally Posted by Ylva

Pretty sure I'll be giving cassia a shot soon! Perhaps after my cut. Would you be able to recommend me a place to buy/order good quality cassia from within the Nordics, or at least the EU?

If Germany is an option, I've been buying Henna and Cassia from Henna & Mehr for years.
Horrible oldschool website, in German and French only, but it is pretty straight forward and the quality is great for the pricepoint.

**Ylva** · May 9th, 2023, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by aeryss

If Germany is an option, I've been buying Henna and Cassia from Henna & Mehr for years.
Horrible oldschool website, in German and French only, but it is pretty straight forward and the quality is great for the pricepoint.

Germany is fine if only they ship to Finland! I should be able to navigate a German website. How much cassia might I approximately need for hip-length, relatively thick hair?

**Bri-Chan** · May 10th, 2023, 01:25 AM

Ylva I order natural stuff from this website, I see it ship to Finland too.
www.ecco-verde.fi

For hip length hair I would recommend around 200 gr to be sure.

**Suortuva** · May 10th, 2023, 01:44 AM

I think Cultivator's, Khadi and Radico are brands that are easily available in Finland, at least I often end up with Finnish webpages when searching for those. I think they all have either pure cassia or cassia blends with only conditioning herbs (without henna or indigo).

I specifically like Cultivator's and Khadi but I have used these all for dyeing. They can be a bit pricey, but at least here I can always find them with discount somewhere.

**sarana** · May 10th, 2023, 03:09 AM

Originally Posted by Suortuva

I think Cultivator's, Khadi and Radico are brands that are easily available in Finland, at least I often end up with Finnish webpages when searching for those. I think they all have either pure cassia or cassia blends with only conditioning herbs (without henna or indigo).

I specifically like Cultivator's and Khadi but I have used these all for dyeing. They can be a bit pricey, but at least here I can always find them with discount somewhere.

Make sure to get pure 100% cassia and not a blend with henna like I accidentally did :') (it was from ebay)

And do a test strand

**Ylva** · May 10th, 2023, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by Bri-Chan

Ylva I order natural stuff from this website, I see it ship to Finland too.
www.ecco-verde.fi

For hip length hair I would recommend around 200 gr to be sure.

Oh, these are much more affordable than the ones I browsed at Life! Great option, thank you, and thanks for the gram recommendation, too.

Originally Posted by Suortuva

I think Cultivator's, Khadi and Radico are brands that are easily available in Finland, at least I often end up with Finnish webpages when searching for those. I think they all have either pure cassia or cassia blends with only conditioning herbs (without henna or indigo).

I specifically like Cultivator's and Khadi but I have used these all for dyeing. They can be a bit pricey, but at least here I can always find them with discount somewhere.

I looked at both of those but indeed, they are quite pricey. With my washing my hair quite often (every day or every other day), I don't really want to spend that much on it.

Originally Posted by sarana

Make sure to get pure 100% cassia and not a blend with henna like I accidentally did :') (it was from ebay)

And do a test strand

Your experience is fresh on my mind and that was actually the first thing I looked at - that they contained purely cassia.

But I must say, I think your colour looks lovely and it goes so well with your skin tone.

**Bri-Chan** · May 10th, 2023, 11:20 AM

Originally Posted by Ylva

Oh, these are much more affordable than the ones I browsed at Life! Great option, thank you, and thanks for the gram recommendation, too.

I would recommend the brand "Le Erbe di Janas", I know their powders are high quality.

**Ylva** · May 10th, 2023, 04:29 PM

Originally Posted by Bri-Chan

I would recommend the brand "Le Erbe di Janas", I know their powders are high quality.

Great. I've saved that one for later. Thanks again!

Yet again as I was brushing my hair in preparation for a wash, I had a very strong urge to just get rid of the bleached hair. Soon.....soonnnnnnn...

**Bat** · May 10th, 2023, 04:51 PM

Originally Posted by Ylva

Great. I've saved that one for later. Thanks again!

Yet again as I was brushing my hair in preparation for a wash, I had a very strong urge to just get rid of the bleached hair. Soon.....soonnnnnnn...

This isn't very encouraging to keep it lol but do it! Do it!